At Foreign Policy magazine, Emma Ashford (EA) and Matthew Kroenig (MK) discuss the future of American foreign policy under Donald Trump, writing: EA: Well, it’s going to be an interesting couple years, that’s for sure. The big question is what kind of foreign policy Trump will pursue. Last time around, he vacillated between extremely hawkish and […]
The World Doesn’t Need More NATO
How many nations should America promise to defend from their adversaries? Every new addition to NATO is another commitment of American blood and treasure to defend a country that can’t defend itself. At the Cato Institute, Michael Chapman suggests America allow Europe to take the lead in its own defense. Chapman writes: Many Western […]
NATO Calls for North Korean Troops to Leave Russia
NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on North Korean troops to leave Russia, and condemned their deployment to the war in Ukraine. Here is a transcript of Rutte’s address on the issue from NATO: Good morning. This morning, a delegation from the Republic of Korea, a close NATO partner, briefed the North Atlantic Council […]
Would Russia Risk a War Against NATO?
UPDATE: 10.4.24: Only two days after being activated as the new Secretary-General of NATO, Mark Rutte is pushing for escalation in NATO’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war. You may remember Rutte as the Prime Minister of Holland who attempted to shut down the country’s farms over their nitrogen use. After his government collapsed because his […]
Will Europe Ever Grow Up?
What will it take for Europe to take responsibility for its own defense? At the Cato Institute, my friend Justin Logan, and his associate Joshua Shifrinson call for “a post-American Europe,” and I wholeheartedly agree. Logan and Shifrinson conclude: The ideal moment to have shifted responsibility for Europe back to Europeans would have been soon […]
Will NATO Meet Trump’s Demands for the Future?
During his time in the White House, President Donald Trump made it clear that the other members of NATO needed to do much more for the alliance if they wanted the United States to remain involved in it. NATO members are now gathering for the alliance’s 75th anniversary, and Donald Trump has a very real […]
NATO: Ready to Deploy to Fight Russia within a Month
According to Kyle Anzalone of Antiwar.com, NATO “has hundreds of thousands of soldiers ready to deploy to fight Russia within a month.” NATO: 500,000 Troops on High Readiness for War With Russia Officials say the alliance now has hundreds of thousands of soldiers ready to deploy to fight Russia within a month by Kyle Anzalone@KyleAnzalone_ […]
A New Tonic for Europe’s Defense Dyspepsia
At the Cato Institute, Justin Logan explains that European leaders are “in an understandable state of dyspepsia” over Americans’ recent exhortations that the continent pony up for its own defense. Trump or not Trump, Logan explains, Europe will be forced to do more for itself. He concludes: If a U.S. president wants to pass responsibility for […]
Are NATO’s Norther Flank Defenses Lacking?
Liselotte Odgaard of Foreign Policy tells her readers that even with Finland and Sweden, the alliance lacks a capable defense presence in the north. She writes: Even as its members take part in Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, it is clear that the alliance remains ill-prepared against Russia’s military […]
Trump Once Again Exposes NATO’s Weakness
With a statement in a recent speech about NATO partners not paying their fair share on defense, Donald Trump has reignited the debate over whether or not Americans should be treaty-bound to protect nations who don’t even meet the minimum requirement of spending 2% of GDP on their own defense. In The Spectator, Daniel DePetris […]
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